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Adam Resurrected
Author: Yoram Kaniuk, Reader: Stefan Rudnicki

Once he entertained thousands of other Jews as they entered the gas chamber. Now he is the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors, struggling to live in a world in which the line between sanity and madness is blurred. The movie stars Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe. "Rudnicki's narration seems more like a poem than a novel... It's as if he alone were born to read these words."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Historical, MP8853, 9781433278853, $69.99
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All Other Nights
Author: Dara Horn, Reader: William Dufris

On Passover in 1862, Jacob Rappaport, a Jewish soldier in the Union army, is ordered to murder his own uncle, who is plotting to assassinate Lincoln. After that night, will Jacob ever speak for himself? The answer comes when his commanderssend him on another mission – this time not to murder a spy, but to marry one. "Complex, multilayered, and thoroughly involving... a novel rich in human emotion and ambiguity. A triumph."—Booklist

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Historical, MP8990, 9781615748990, $69.99
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Articles of War
Author: Nick Arvin, Reader: J. D. Cullum

The reality of war surrounds and fills this terrified young soldier in WWII – and he realizes to his horror that he is a coward. All that matters is survival, and he will do anything to keep living. "Cullum narrates with a tone of spiritual withdrawal that seems exactly suited to the moral dilemmas faced by Heck. Both story and reading are compelling, their message challenging."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Historical, MP8161, 9781602528161, $44.99
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Away
Author: Amy Bloom, Reader: Barbara Rosenblat

A young Russian immigrant is determined to find her lost daughter, age three, in the hip, harsh, 1920s. Her odyssey takes her from New York's Lower East Side, to Seattle, and up to Alaska, along the fabled Telegraph Trail toward Siberia. AListen Up Award winner from Publishers Weekly and an American Library Association Notable book. "Double richness results when Bloom's novel is read in the lush voice of Barbara Rosenblat. Rosenblat's performance enhances the story."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Historical, MP7416, 9781602527416, $54.99
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Before Green Gables
Author: Budge Wilson, Reader: Renee Raudman

Who was Anne Shirley before she came to Green Gables and met Matthew and Marilla? Learn about this precocious child whose spirit and imagination help her love, learn, and dream, even in difficult circumstances. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the original novel with this heartwarming prequel, specially authorized by L.M. Montgomery's heirs. "Raudman's childlike voice has an innocent quality in keeping with Anne's sense of wonder and hope."—Publishers Weekly

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Historical, HP9916, 9781606409916, $64.99
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Blood Meridian
Or, the Evening Redness in the West
Author: Cormac McCarthy, Reader: Robert G. Slade

This epic Western tale focuses on the Kid, a 14-year-old who falls in with a group of notorious outlaws. This reinterpretation of the Western genre throws the Kid into a nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market fortheir scalps is thriving. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s. First published in 1985. "Soaring, pulsing... always stirring."—USA Today

Abridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Historical, MP7027, 9781615877027, $59.99
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The Calligrapher's Daughter
Author: Eugenia Kim, Reader: Lorna Raver

In early 20th-century Korea, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher is caught between tradition and change: even as her stern father wants to marry her into aristocracy, her mother encourages her independence. Longing to continue her education and hoping to find love, she struggles to choose her own destiny. Inspired by the life of the author's mother. "Harrowing... achingly beautiful tribute to female perseverance and survival."—Booklist

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Historical, MP75218, 9781616375218, $69.99 This item is scheduled for release on 01/01/2010, but you may order it now for earliest possible shipment.
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Casanova in Bolzano
Author: Sandor Marai, Reader: Simon Prebble

A man who is the envy of men must attract enemies, and this scoundrel is no different. For the infamous lover Casanova in 1756, events past and present intertwine: the memory of a duel over a beautiful woman, a duke who once spared Casanova's life, an intercepted love letter, and an offer the irresistible lover can't resist. Audie Award finalist. The movie Casanova stars Heath Ledger. By the author of Embers. "Prebble's narration is absolutely masterful."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 1 Playaway, Fiction-Modern, Historical, MP6250, 9781606406250, $54.99
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